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         Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu. 

tured, na Ramseur si na Winchester pụọ ibuso ya agha; ma, na-adabere na izi ezi nke ozi ọ natara, General Ramseur ewereghị nlezianya kwesịrị ekwesị na-aga n'ihu, na nkewa ya, mgbe ọ na-aga n'akụkụ akụkụ ahụ, nnukwu ike zutere na mberede, n'okpuru Averill, na-aga n'ihu n'usoro agha. , na ihe si na ya pụta bụ na a tụbara ike Ramseur n'ọgba aghara^ ma manye ịla ezumike nka, na mfu nke ngwa agha anọ, na ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị e gburu na ndị merụrụ ahụ—Brigadier-General Lewis na Lilly ịbụ otu n’ime ndị merụrụ ahụ, yana Col. Board, nke 58th Virginia Regiment, n’etiti ndị e gburu. Colonel Jackson nyere ndị agha ịnyịnya ya aka ike, nke nyeere Ramseur aka ịchịkọta ndị ikom ya, weghachi usoro, ma jide ọganihu nke Averill tupu ya erute Winchester. Njehie emere, n'oge a, site n'aka onye uwe ojii a kacha mara mma, ewepụtara nke ọma na ya akụkụ na-esote nke mkpọsa ahụ. Enwetara m, na Newtown, akụkọ banyere ọdachi Ramseur, ma kwaga ozugbo na enyemaka ya na ngalaba Rodes; ma, mgbe m rutere na Winchester, achọpụtara m na onye iro ahụ, mgbe ọ gasịrị enyochala, daa azụ obere oge; na, ka kọlụm ọzọ na nke ka ukwuu na-aga site na Berryville, ! adịghị eso Averill, ma kpaliri dum iwu Newtown - na-echekwa, na ndị dị otú ahụ nke merụrụ ahụ na-arịa ọrịa dị ka. enwere ike ibufe ya, ebe esitere ya pụọ.

Na 21st., m dum inlantry ike lekwasịrị nso Middletown; na, na 22nd., a kpọgara ya gafee Cedar Creek, chere Strasburg, ma tinye ya ka o kpuchie okporo ụzọ niile site na Winchester.

Ozi e zigaworo m, site na Mt. Jackson, na ndị agha ndị iro na-esi na Ndagwurugwu nke Alaka Ndịda nke Potomac na-akwaga ebe ahụ, e zigara Imboden ka ọ bịa. chọpụta eziokwu ya, o wee bụrụ ụgha. Anyị zuru ike na 23., Ka anyị na-eche iji chọpụta mmegharị nke ndị iro, na n'ụbọchị ahụ, a natara akụkọ sitere n'aka ndị agha ịnyịnya n'ihu, na akụkụ dị ukwuu nke ndị agha ezigara dị ka Washington, na-alọghachi, na Crook. na Averill ejikọtawo ọnụ, ma nọrọ na Kernstown, na nso Winchester.